Chapter 102 Jerram

Just when Richard was about to organize a caravan to trade with Duke Jonathan.

In the Governor's Mansion in Wright City, the butler Savile pointed to a thick stack of account books and said to Governor Jerram: "We have raised the sales price of salt, which has caused many lords to rebound."

"What did Viscount Romon say?"

"Viscount Romon said that he would let us raise the price for at most one year? If it is still the same next year, he will have to find a way to buy salt himself."

The Geda Province is a province directly under the central government, but most of the land is owned by hereditary nobles.

Only a few castles and fortresses such as Wright Castle, Black River Castle, and Grant Knight Academy are directly managed by the royal family.

The Geda Province is divided into five counties, namely Black River County, Wright County, Canyon County, Brena County, and Romon County.

There are still large tracts of undeveloped vacant land in the northeast of the province, which are ready to be granted to new hereditary nobles.

Among the five counties in the Geda Province, the nobles in Romon County are the most powerful, and are almost an independent kingdom in the Geda Province.

Eighty percent of the land in this county is the fief of Viscount Romen. If Viscount Romen agrees, the decree of the provincial governor will hardly be implemented.

The influence of Viscount Romen in the local area of ​​successive generations far exceeds that of people like Jerram.

The reason why Viscount Romen is so powerful is directly related to the war of expanding the territory of the Kingdom of Grant.

When the Kingdom of Grant defeated the orcs, the Romen family made great contributions.

The first generation of Viscount Romen was a ninth-level epic knight, and his combat power was comparable to that of a legendary warrior.

He once defeated the orc legend single-handedly in front of the two armies. He also led a surprise force alone and cooperated with Marshal Brener to defeat the orcs in the decisive battle.

Therefore, after the war, the fief of the Romen family was particularly large, covering 19,000 square kilometers, almost equivalent to the area of ​​an earldom.

If Viscount Romen of that generation had not had a bad relationship with the head coach Brener and was suppressed by Brener for several years, he might have been promoted to earl in the war and became a great noble of the Kingdom of Grant.

There are more than 30 barons and nobles in the Geda Province, and the Viscounts of Romen are their spiritual leaders in the noble council.

If he jumps out to make trouble and opposes the provincial governor, it will cause some political turmoil in Nolan, and the provincial governor may be replaced. At this critical moment, the Holland family is unwilling to provoke such a person.

After listening to the report of the butler Saville, Jerram sighed: "It seems that Viscount Romen is a smart man and has heard some rumors from the capital."

Saville agreed with Jerram's analysis. Although he is only Jerram's butler, he is actually a distant branch of the Holland family.

In terms of kinship, Saville is Jerram's distant cousin.

His real job is not only a butler, but also responsible for Jerram's communication, intelligence, money-making, strategy and other work. He directly obeys Mrs. Holland in the capital, and his status is almost equal to Jerram.

"Although the Roman family has been suppressed by Duke Brena, it has been operating in the capital for a hundred years. I guess he has also heard the news that the king wants to change the heir."

"Do you think Viscount Roman will support Prince Felix?"

"Unless we give conditions that others cannot give, such as allowing the Roman family to obtain more territory. Promote them to earls and give the Roman family a higher political status, otherwise the Roman family will not publicly support any prince."

Jeram nodded and said, "I agree with this point. With the status of the Roman family, it is only one step away from becoming a great noble. , there is really no need to easily support the prince and take sides politically. By the way, we raised the price of salt. Are there any nobles who strongly oppose it? "

Savier nodded and said, "There are still some, especially Baron Richard of the Harland family. I heard some rumors that Richard is going to form a caravan to buy salt from the Duke of Jonathan and completely bypass us."

"Where did you hear the news? The Harland territory is still relatively closed and doesn't like outsiders to enter. The intelligence of their family is very rare."

"Richard wants to form a caravan, and he must have a guide who is familiar with the road. The guide he came to Black River Fort to find happened to be We have people planted there."

"You are really thoughtful. As early as six years ago when I came to Geda Province to take office, you had planted a lot of people in the caravans trading with Duke Jonathan. Now Richard wants to bypass us, and the people planted in advance really worked."

"Richard is the first one to have this idea. If he makes money, I am afraid that the hereditary nobles of Geda Province will connect with each other. When everyone follows suit, what should we do? You are the leader, and now it is time to make up your mind."

"The Harland family has many talents and may become the pillars of protecting the border. I didn't intend to offend such a family. But if Prince Felix wants to sit in that position, he needs a lot of gold coins.

Our Holland family is of humble origin. Compared with the queen's children, we have already lost at the starting line.

Only by using a lot of money to buy, build momentum, and cultivate party members can we compete with the eldest prince Chris.

The salt monopoly is related to our foundation. Whoever dares to touch this point, I will not let him have an easy time. Send a message to Simon and ask him to find a reliable person in the capital to do things cleanly. "

The Harland family is a new noble family. They are not very well-informed, especially the news of the upper court in the capital. They are not aware of it at all.

If Richard knew the detailed information, he might be like Viscount Romen, who would endure for a year and not get involved in the disputes in the capital.

But he didn't know everything.

Just as Richard was ready, organized a caravan, and left Fort William.

A letter was delivered to Simon.

Simon is the illegitimate son of Earl Wimble.

The Earl Wimble family has elven blood. The ancestor of this family is the famous legendary elf, Sun Chaser Culufen Wimble.

This legendary elf is very powerful. Not only has he shot and killed legendary knights, but even legendary magicians died in his bow and arrow.

Although the blood of the Sun Chaser has become thinner from generation to generation, this family still has a tradition of good archery.

All family members have good archery skills.

Although Simon is a despised illegitimate child, his blood has some atavism, which is much stronger than his father Earl Wimble's blood.

He is now a sixth-level knight with extremely strong combat power.

Especially his elusive archery skills, he once sneaked and shot and killed an eighth-level orc.

Because of his outstanding bloodline talent, Earl Wimble was even ready to divorce his wife and marry Simon's mother to make him the heir.

However, almost everyone in the Earl's family opposed it. Whether it was members of the Wimble family or long-time relatives, they would never agree to let a socialite become a countess, let alone change the heir.

After this incident became a big deal, Simon left the Earldom of Wimble and entered the capital of Nolan. People like him seemed to be trapped in a trap and were wooed by many nobles.

The reason why Simon served the Holland family was because Prince Felix promised him that after he inherited the throne, he would support him in making military achievements, be crowned as an earl, and make his mother a real countess.